Magnesia ad Maeandrum, tetradrachm — Apollo standing to the left on meander (CN type 22975)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
c. 150–145 BC
Issuing entity
Magnesia on the MaeanderTetradrachm in silver struck at Magnesia ad Maeandrum, dated c. 150–145 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 22975 (period: Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Bust of Artemis Leukophryene to the right with diadem; bow and quiver at sholder. Reverse: Apollo standing to the left on meander, resting left elbow on tripod and holding filleted branch in right hand; the whole within laurel wreath. Legend: ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ / ΠΑΥΣΑΝΙΑΣ ΠΑΥΣΑΝΙΟΥ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 16.43 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 31 mm (from 2 recorded specimens). The corpus assigns the type to the Attic weight standard.
Published references cited by the corpus: Jones, The autonomous wreathed tetradrachms of Magnesia on-Maeander 24, 1979, p. 104-105, nr. Obv. 8; Schwabacher, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum: the Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Copenhagen 1942, nr. 844; Linked type corpus.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 4
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 3
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Historical context
Magnesia on the Maeander, also known as Magnesia ad Maeandrum, was an ancient Greek city located in Ionia on the river Lethacus, a tributary of the Maeander river. Founded by Magnetes from Thessaly alongside Cretans, the city occupied a commercially and strategically significant site near Priene, Ephesus and Tralles. In Greek antiquity, the tetradrachm served as a large silver trade coin nominally equivalent to four drachmae, frequently minted by cities and regional powers to cover major state expenditures.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
- Recorded diameter
- 31 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 16.43 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Magnesia ad Maeandrum
- Authority type
- City
- Weight standard
- Attic
Design
- Obverse type
- Bust of Artemis Leukophryene to the right with diadem; bow and quiver at sholder.
- Reverse type
- Apollo standing to the left on meander, resting left elbow on tripod and holding filleted branch in right hand; the whole within laurel wreath.
- Reverse legend
- ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ / ΠΑΥΣΑΝΙΑΣ ΠΑΥΣΑΝΙΟΥ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- How to identify
- Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22975
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22975
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Recorded
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
- Attached photograph (check rights)
- Recorded
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Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 104-105, nr. Obv. 8
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 844
- external concordance
Research required
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